Dallas vs Garland

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas and Garland: population, income, housing, and more.

Dallas and Garland are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dallas has the higher population (1,299,553 vs 245,298 in Garland). Garland has the higher median household income ($74,717 vs $67,760 in Dallas). Dallas has the higher median home value ($295,300 vs $248,900 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Garland
Population	1,299,553	245,298
Median age	33.4 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,760	$74,717
Median home value	$295,300	$248,900
Median gross rent	$1,403	$1,525
Housing units	584,643	84,954
Homeownership rate	42.4%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Garland
Population	1,330,612 → 1,299,553 (-2.3%)	238,418 → 245,298 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$52,580 → $67,760 (+28.9%)	$61,211 → $74,717 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $295,300 (+57.0%)	$160,800 → $248,900 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,403 (+33.4%)	$1,133 → $1,525 (+34.6%)

Dallas

Population

1,330,6121,299,553

Median household income

$52,580$67,760

Median home value

$188,100$295,300

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,403

Garland

Population

238,418245,298

Median household income

$61,211$74,717

Median home value

$160,800$248,900

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Garland
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Garland
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	24.5%
Black or African American	23.4%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.9%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Garland
No high school diploma	19.2%	20.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Garland
Drove alone	68.5%	73.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	11.3%
Public transit	2.3%	1.7%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.0%	11.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Garland
1-unit, detached	41.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	12.8%
20 or more units	26.9%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Garland
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.43	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1980	1978